Music roll or spool and flange therefor.



E. T. TURNEY.

MUSIC ROLL OR SPOOL AND FLANGE THEREFOR. APPLIOATION FILED 113.26, 1913.

1,109,716; Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

EUGENE T. TURNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MUSIC ROLL OR SPOOL AND FLANGE THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28. 1918.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 750,822.

To all (c/mm it may concern lie it known that I, Eccexr. T. Teaser, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and State of New York, have in- \entcd new aml useful improvements in Music llolls or Spools and Flanges Therefor. of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide certain improvenu-nts in rolls or spools such as are used for carryin perforated music sheets for controlling tie operation of pianos or other musical instruments; the invention being applicable also to spools used for various other purposes. An important feature of advantage is the making of the. end )itt't) or head or flange, as it is commonly called, of the spool or roll of a single piece of sheet metal stamped into shape whereby these end pieces can be made very ra iidly and cheaply.

h'arrous other points of advantage are referred to in detail hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the music roll. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Referring now to the embodiment of the invention illustrated. the body A is a tube of llber hoard or similar atifl' material carrying the two end pieces it and 0. Each of the end pieces is provided with a flange 1) and a tubular portion 1') located on the outer side of the flange and embracing the. end of the body A with a close fit so that the friction tends to hold it stationar on the body. To n-event detachment ot the end piece from tie body tongues I are bent inward from the tubular portion E through openia s in the body A. The tongues thus fhlllltt are locatw outside of the inner face of the flange 1) so as to offer no obstruction to the paper fitting closel into the corner (i. 'lhat is to say, the )0d A is smooth and unobstructed and eXttlK s clear up to the inner face of the flange D. The tubular portion i) has a recessed head H for engagement with the end of the sup )orting or driving shaft. The end piece B has the recessed head H formed with a slot J at its inner end for enga 'ement with the end of e driving shaft It which flta in the circular aoclcet H and has a polygonal end if entering the slot J and aervin thereby to turn the roll from the shaft. 'fiie socket ll of the opposite end piece C may be a plain circular socket without a slot since it is intended to be merely supported upon the supporting shaft M. The shafts K and M are mounted in the roll-carrying frame in the usual way, the shaft. M being pressed toward the shaft K by a light spring which permits it to be thrust baclt' sufliciently to insert the roll and which then presses the. two ends of the roll toward each other.

There is considerable expansion and contraction of the paper in ordinary music sheets caused by varying degrees of temieratnre and humidity in the atmosphere. 'Hhe flanges should bear against the edge of the )aper and one or both of them may be made adjustable to accommodate the varying widths." In the example illustrated the supporting end piece (3 is made capable of substantial adjustment by reason of the tongues F being located in slots N which are considerably elon ated so that the end piece may be shifted a considerable distunce outward or inward, but may not be detached from tlr. body. At the opposite end the tongues I fit in slots 0 of the body which are made as short as is practical. The openings N and are made 1!! the body of the roll before the end pieces are applied and the latter are then placed on the ends of the body and the tongues I" beat inward to the positions indicated. The edge is turned over an at l. to stiffen the lhm e and at the same time to provide a ronndeil edge of considerable width which will facilitate the free running of the paper of? and on the roll.

End pieces of the character described can be made and sold for about half the cost of the metal end pieces now in common use, the. latter generally being made in four pieces separately formed and then fastened together; whereas the end piece of the present invention is made of a single piece. of metal and has certain advantages in convenience of attachment and in the providing of an absolutely unobstructed body A from end to end between the flanges.

Though I have described with great particularity of detail certain specific embodiments of the invention. yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is restricted to the particular embodiments lllunloactl. Various modlfleationa in detail and in the arrangement and combination of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departure from the invention.

What I claim is- 1. A music roll or the like comprising a' body and an end piece having a flange and having a tubular portion engaging a portion of said body, said tubular portion having a tongue extending into an axially elongated slot in said body so as to fasten it adjustably thereto, said slot being closed to prevent separation of said end portion from said body.

2. A music roll or the like com rising a hollow body A of fiber board an an end piece having a flange D and a tubular portion E, sai tubular portion located on. the outer side of the flange and engaging the fund of the body and having a socket H extending into the end of the body, said flange, tubular portion and socket being formed integrally of a single piece of stamped sheet metal. 1

3. An end piece for music rolls and the like comprising a tubular portion adapted to embrace the end of-a roll bod with a close fit, and a transverse circular ange extending outward fromthe inside edge of said tubular portion, said tubular portion having a recessed head extending into said tubular portion and adapted to receive the end of a supporting or driving shaft.

4. An end piece for music rolls and the like comprising a tubular portion adapted to, fit over the end of a roll body, and a transverse circular flange extending outward from the inside edge of said tubular portion, said tubular portion having a recessed head at its outer end adapted to re ceive the end of a supporting or driving shaft, said end piece being made of a single piece of sheet metal bent to shape.

5. An end piece for music rolls and the like comprising a tubular portion E adapt ed to fit over the end of a roll body, a flange I) extending outward from the inside edge of said tubular portion, and a socket H formed within the outside edge of sa-idtubular portion.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I EUGENE T. TURNEY. lrVitnesses:

D. AN'rnoNY USINA, LULU S'JUBEN VOLL. 

